Frame for traveling-bags



(No Model.)

W. ROEMER.

FRAME FOR TRAVELING BAGS.

No. 398,541. Patented Feb. 26, 1889..

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niTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILIJAM ROEMER, OF NE\VARK, NEXV JERSEY.

FRAME FOR TRAVELING BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,541, dated February 26, 1889.

Serial No. 215,469. (No model.)

Bags; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this in ventimi to provide a durable bagatrame and one more convenient for the bag-maker, and to reduce the cost of manufacture.

The invention consists in an improvedbagframe, and in the constructions and combinati ons of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and. finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

eferring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters represent corresponding parts in each of the several. figures thereof, Figure l is a side elevation of a bag-frame embodying my improvel'ncnts. Fig. 2 an enlarged detail which will be hereinafter more :tully described. through line in Fig. plans of certain parts it] blank before being formed for the frame.

In said drawings, (1 is the outer and u the inner jaw or section of a bag-frame.

b is a flat brace or bar connecting the pivotal ends of said sections.

is a hinge-plate enlarged at one end and provided with an eye or perforation, as '1 ada ited to receive a rivet, as d.

Fig. 23 is a section taken j 2, and Figs. 4- and 5 are r covering said jaws or sections with leather.

The hinge-plate 0 (shown in Fig. maybe 1 stamped out in a single piece oi sheet metal,

to the body or longer portion and to the brace or bar b, the hides/f being adapted to receive ordinary rivets, and the eye or perforation 1'- to receive a hinge-pin or rivet.

By bendin the hin c date, as shown to form an eve for I b J u the pivotal rivet the latter is raised above the line of the brace or bar 1), so that the said brace may lie against the bottom of the bag and the ends of the jaws be allowed room to work without wearing upon the bag-body material or bein g obstructed by the same.

hen the hinge-plate is made of an inclependent piece of In eta], as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5, holes corresponding toff are punched in the fiat brace or bar Z) and the hingeplate riveted thereto. Then a rivet or hinge-pin d is passed through the eye of said hinge plate, through a rivet-hole near the extremity of the inner jaw or section, through a washer, g, and through a rivet-hole near the extremity of the outer jaw or section, and riveted on the outside thereof, thus forming a complete hinge for the outer and inner jaws or sections, as will be understood. In order to protect and conceal said hinge, an angular piece of metal,

c, is riveted to the fiat brace or bar I), thus holding said piece 0 in place, said piece 6 serving to protect the hinge and the bottom of the bag and to give a presentable and finished appearance to the latter.

By the construction herein described a very stiff, durable, and convenient frame is provided, and by bending up the ends or portions enlarged to form eyes space is given for the ends of the jaws or sections to clear the protecting-piece e and to allow greater facility in Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new is The i mp roved frame for travelin g-bags herein shown, combining therein jaws or sections a a, a brace or bar, I), hingeplates c c, secured thereto and having a hinge-eye, e, bent at or approximately at right angles to said brace or bar, and rivets d 6?, arranged above the line of the brace or bar, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2nd day of WM. ROEMER.

. Witnessesz' (I ARLES Il. PELL, Osoan A. )IIoHEL. 

